Britney Spears Gossip

Friday on The Social, we were talking about past halftime memories and we were each asked to pick one. Mine, obviously, was from 2001. Britney. ‘N SNYC. Aerosmith.
I still watch it every year, sometimes twice a year. Thank you, You Tube.
God, she had “it” then, didn’t she? The Britney Stomp was never more powerful. Full Story

Today was Ethan Hawke’s hand and footprint ceremony in Hollywood. This is considered a lot more prestigious now than getting a star on the Walk Of Fame. It seems like now you can just buy a star on the Walk Of Fame. It’s been a great couple of years for Ethan. Before Midnight earned him an Oscar nomination. Full Story

If there’s anyone who needs romance at Christmas – other than our Mimi, and we’ll get to her in a minute – it’s Britney Spears. So you can imagine how relieved the Spears Corporation must have been that she had a boyfriend to spend it with this year.
Britney and Charlie Ebersol were together for the holiday. Full Story

Las Vegas celebrated Britney Spears yesterday. It's supposed to be an honour...
If you're over 50!
Britney is 32 years old. Just two years older than Miranda Lambert. So, no. Don't ask me to be congratulatory about this. It's not how it was all supposed to go down.
But here we are, pop's former princess, dressed like Liza Minelli (don't tell me you can't see this outfit in Liza's closet), and her face tighter than it was when she was dancing around in a red leather catsuit, her cheekbones fuller and higher, at her Vegas day presentation so, basically, she's Marie Osmond now. Full Story

There is one record that Taylor Swift did not break last week. The female artist with the most albums sold in a week?
Britney Spears. Still.
Oops!... I Did It Again.
Almost. But Britney’s 1.319 million copies remains the one.
Oh, and she has a new boyfriend. E! NewsFull Story

Remember when Zoe Saldana shat on the media for invading her privacy? Britney Spears confirmed to ET yesterday that Zoe’s having twins. You think she’s going to cuss out Britney too?
I couldn’t cuss out Britney. It’s like swearing at a helpless child. Late in Dan Marino’s career, and even Mario Lemieux, the defence would go easy on them, because they were fragile and senior statesmen of the game. Full Story

Jamie Spears, father of Britney, who is 32 years old, is his daughter court-appointed conservator. So, basically, he’s legally authorised to handle her sh-t…because she’s not capable of handling her own sh-t.. And not just in business.
TMZFull Story

It’s MTV VMA weekend. Which is why everyone seems to be running a retrospective – the VMAs often deliver gossip that lasts the entire year. Look what happened with Miley in 2013. We talked about it for months. Lara sent me this look-back this morning – click here to see the slideshow. The last line made me laugh.

But I miss Britney.

I ALWAYS miss Britney this time of year.

Sarah was watching old Britney videos yesterday and couldn’t believe it. Someone tried to tell me recently that the Britney you see in Vegas now is back up to the standard of what Britney gave us at those old VMAs. That person is 23 years old. And then I realised…oh my God they don’t know. Read Full Intro

I read an article yesterday on the LA Times website. The title:
Why isn't Britney Spears' latest album a hit?
Britney Jean was released last week and came in at #4, the weakest first week of sales of her career.
The article notes that the releases from Katy Perry, Gaga, and Miley Cyrus all did better. Full Story

Beyonce played Vancouver on Saturday night. Some of these costumes are different from when I saw her in Toronto in the summer. A few people I know who were at the show say that some of her faces seemed different too. That there is a little Kanye West’s fiancée in there now. But maybe it’s the other way around. Full Story

Britney Spears gave an interview to Entertainment Tonight and talked about her boyfriend David Lucado denying that her dad was the one who set them up. OK. We still don’t know exactly what this man does. It’s always just been, like, something at a law firm. Apparently they have mutual friends. Full Story

Britney Spears was at work yesterday on a new music video, presumably Perfume? Her hair was totally fried chicken. But there was a model hired to make out with her. Did she enjoy it? Looks that way to me. It looks to me like we’ve just pressed rewind on 10 years. She used to love making out with random hot guys in her videos. Full Story

It’s her new song. It’s the first new song in a long time that isn’t a dance track. Which, even though I don’t love it, and I certainly don’t feel about it the way I feel about Everytime, is a refreshing change. For the last few years, they’ve just hidden her behind the beat and all kinds of computer sounds. Full Story